Hugh Davies, Aber, near Bangor, [Gwynedd], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, Norfolk

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/4/14
Title Hugh Davies, Aber, near Bangor, [Gwynedd], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, Norfolk
Letter date 31 Jan 1800
Author(s) Hugh Davies 1739-1821
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/4/14 from Hugh Davies, Aber, near Bangor, [Gwynedd], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, Norfolk (31 January 1800)

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Item Type: Document
From: Davies, Hugh
Sent from: Aber, Gwynedd
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

'Adiantum nigrum pinnulis cicutarviae divisurâ' as rare as 'Polypodium arvonicum', describes having once found it with [William] Hudson on Snowdon, Wales, and described in "Hist. Ok. III", sending specimen for Smith's opinion. Also sending specimens of 'Filix montana' and Bolton's 'rhaeticam' via [James] Sowerby. Remembers seeing 'Filix pumila-saxatilis-altora' 30 years ago on a tour of Snowdon with [William] Sheffield [(c 1732-1795) Keeper of Ashmolean Museum, Oxford] where ['Polypodium] oreopteris' was pointed out as 'Thelypteris', refers Smith to [Johann Jacob] Dillenius' description of it as an accurate description of '[Polypodium] oreopteris'; believes 'Filix pumila' to be the true 'Thelypteris' and should be '[Thelypteris] saxatilis' and that 'oreopteris' should be '[Polypodium] querna'. 'Polypodium ilvense' one of the numerous different appearances of 'Polypodium fragile'. 'Tremella vagans' did not resume its form after an undisclosed experiment but believes Sowerby could still make a drawing of it. Pleased that Smith has reversed [Samuel] Goodenough's classification of 'Carex fulva' as a variety only. Wishes Smith well with the "Flora Graeca". Believes habitat for [William] Withering 's 'Ulva lanceolata' should be Anglesea rather than Isle of Man. Queries Withering's 'Polytrichum hercynicum' referring to Hudson's, which is a 'Bryum'. Remdinder for Sowerby that 'Hydnum daviesii' is a pure white, [Smith has marked this with a tick].

Letter date: 31 Jan 1800
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 4.2
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Finding AidsDawson, W R, (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society.
Related MaterialSmith, J E, 'Descriptions of five new British Species of Carex', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1800 5(1), pp.264-273. Sibthorp, J, (1806-1837). "Flora Graeca", London: Taylor.